If you would, please, recommend some compact 14500 lights that are available with a warm (like 3000k-3500k) and soft, floody beam? High-ish CRI would be nice, but not essential.
Relatively short and slim would be great.
I’m ok with side switch or tail switch. Prefer a soft electronic switch, if possible.
Lastly, if an emitter swap would be required, would want a light that has a readily accessible emitter, and is amenable to an emitter of this description.
Dunno how available they might be anymore, but my around-the-house light is a WW Xeno E03 with diffusion film.
Especially at night, the nice warm glow spread over a wide area gives me plenty of visibility sneaking down the basement to do the laundry, etc.
The beam’s almost as smooth as an aspheric, but it’s brighter in the center without really qualifying as a “hotspot”, and doesn’t have as sharp (or jarring) a cutoff around the periphery.
Only if it comes with a new UI! i doubt many people like the current UI offered in the T2. As Simon has plans for a new AA/14500 driver, maybe it can be possible!
The T2 is a great host!
You don’t need to mod the light, Simon Mao runs Convoy and can put together what you want if you ask him nicely. He has an account here: http://budgetlightforum.com/user/30339
I don’t need any more lights at this point, that’s for sure.
And, I have realized that I already have two lights which wonderfully meet the criteria I have been seeking.
Olight S1A Baton, Copper body, modded for me by Vinh, with a XM-L2 T5 5D1 tint and optic. Beautiful warm tint, very wide central beam, with very soft edges transitioning to spill. Runs on an AW 14500 IMR.
And, I just installed an XP-G2 3000k tint emitter in my EagleTac D25A clicky, giving a very warm, soft beam.
Both of these lights meet my needs for a warm, soft, 14500 power indoor light. Very compact (D25A is incredibly compact, edging close to AAA light size, and extremely light too.).
The S1A Baton Cu is very heavy, but that feels luxurious, great in the hand, and the copper is gorgeous.
That said… I’m drawn to the On The Road lights now - just checking them out for the first time. Looks like they make some nice ones.
Seems like you have two nice lights there
I just wanted to inquire about the OTR lights you’re thinking about ! They have very nice quality, although their UI is not so good as the ones you mentioned above!
I have their recent OTR 311 on the way to meet the other ones I have :innocent:
I had one on order… twice… and cancelled both after delay after delay. “Ships in 3 days”, then “ships in 2(more) days”, then… ’til I just gave up.
Became a chicken’n’egg thing. I asked when it’d be in stock, and I’d order it then, got back an answer that they get “in stock” when someone orders one.
Wait… what?
No issues whatsoever with getting refunded, happened within a day, but it’s just annoying to have those ever-moving goalposts.
Wellp, I got enough small lights, did I really need another one? Guess not.
Where were you buying it? BG or AE?
I order mine 2 days ago and yesterday the shipping note was created (it gave the tracking number already). Bought it from AliExpress store, as in BG it is almost twice the price.
I guess the flashlight has some nice features, but I am also tooking to mod it. In-built charger for 16340 is a nice option though, and it will have the advantage over the M3 Pro, as it will not have parasitic drain (mine has a huge one…).
